(Corrected spelling): More people are killed each year from drivers who have heart attacks or stroke while at the wheel than from drivers having an incident of diabetic hypoglycemia. So should we reconsider giving drivers licenses to those over age 50 since they are at greater risk of having a heart attack or a stroke?
It would depend on how much greater then risk was, wouldn't it?
Do you think someone who suffers with grand mal epilepsy should be allowed to drive? Heck, I'm sure some people can make it home with a blood alcohol of 1.6%. It seems to me most people agree that those with a heightened possibility of having their driving ability impaired should have their licenses pulled.
The quesiton becomes what amount of "heightening" is enough to trigger that response. Maybe being 50 years old isn't enough, but maybe being 50 years old with arrhythmia, high blood pressure, significant moribid obesity and lousy cholesterol numbers is enough. In any event it's the kind of question that will require gradation, subtlety, things which Free Republic does not seem able to deal with.